Sensory

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Sensory Boxes

Purchase (or make your own) cardboard boxes with removable lids - approximately 12" square and as deep as you can find. I found mine in a Dollar Store - They need to be the real heavy cardboard at least 1/8 of an inch thick. They are available in all shapes (hearts, circle, square, rectangle...) and colors! You will need 5 boxes of the same size and shape. Label each box: SIGHT SOUND TASTE SMELL TOUCH

Fill each box with up to 5-6 items that match the sensory label on the box. These boxes are a permanent fixture in our daycare...I change the items once every couple of weeks - so the kids get different experiences. As you read the lists below, you will see that a lot of the items can be placed in more than one category. That is something that could also be discussed with the kids.

SIGHT:	magnifying glass, binoculars, colored cellophane, swimming goggles, sunglasses, kaleidoscope, and a multiple of things for them to look at with these tools!
SOUND:	whistle, horn, story tape with tape recorder/walkman, handmade moraccas,rain sticks, any musical instrument, add materials that the kids could use to make their own musical instruments!
TASTE:	Cut up food samples with the following tastes: sour, sweet, bitter, spicy, bland, salty, and anymore that you can think of! Use some of these in a recipe for a special snack or lunch!
SMELL:	sandpaper rubbings (rub with spices before placing in box - cut into shapes of your choice and glue shapes to a larger piece of cardboard - labeling each spice), orange peel, lemon peel, piece of leather, fresh flowers, dirt, peanut butter,
TOUCH:	Along with manipulatives like sieves, measuring cups, spoons, dull knives, water & sand toys, etc., offer some of the following items: feathers, sandpaper, cornmeal, sawdust, water, sand, dirt, cooked noodles, uncooked noodles, hot (warm) and cold, flour, peanut butter, molasses, lettuce, paper (thick, thin, tissue, toweling) egg, applesauce, ice-cream - if you have an ice-cream maker, include it! My kids love to help make ice-cream - this would work in conjunction with taste), eggshells, crayon shavings, sugar and icing sugar, mashed bananas, cooked and uncooked rice, grapes, carrot skins, Jell-O, pudding, dough, popcorn, flubber, playdough and other messy stuff! (See: Craft Recipes)

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